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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Indicating speed.
Hymn
Rhythm
Tuning
Tempo
2. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Galliard
Ornaments
Madrigal
3. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Mezzo
Verismo
Galliard
Monotone
4. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Reed
Quadrille
Encore
Finale
5. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
System
Portamento
Grandioso
Treble
6. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Contralto
Pastoral
Pitch
7. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Serenade
Tonality
Rondo
Pastoral
8. A group singing in unison.
Castrato
Hymn
Chorus
Reprise
9. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Polytonality
Clef
Ornaments
Castrato
10. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Temperament
Glissando
Cadenza
Grave
11. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Cadenza
Symphony
Atonal
Consonance
12. Lowest female singing voice.
Contralto
Dynamics
Trio
Expressionism
13. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Prelude
Tempo
Quadrille
Fermata
14. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Accessible
Atonal
Pentatonic Scale
Staccato
15. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Ostinato
Septet
Unison
Capriccio
16. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Finale
Musette
Chord
17. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Motif
Consonance
Renaissance
Tritone
18. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Carol
Theme
Musette
Measure
19. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Whole note
Triad
Nonet
Natural
20. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Measure
Fourth
Expressionism
System
21. A string of chords played in succession.
Finale
Neoclassical
Ornaments
Chord progression
22. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Rigaudon
Scherzo
Consonance
Notation
23. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fifth
Pitch
Oratorio
Romantic
24. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Quartet
Scherzo
Register
Treble
25. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Gavotte
Sonata form
Galliard
Medley
26. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Sharp
Forte
Polyphony
Romantic
27. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Castrato
Rococo
Cantata
Libretto
28. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Slur
Ensemble
Falsetto
Dissonance
29. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Quartet
Drone
Finale
Cadenza
30. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Classical
Intonation
Interval
Deceptive cadence
31. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Soprano
Pastoral
Round
Chant
32. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadence
Polytonality
Treble
Accelerando
33. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Flat
Madrigal
Galliard
Sharp
34. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Chord progression
Dissonance
Elegy
Oratorio
35. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Leitmotif
Key
Fifth
Etude
36. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Round
Suite
Fourth
Sequence
37. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Tritone
Part
Intonation
Nocturne
38. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Reprise
Interlude
Tone less
Minor
39. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Courante
Treble
Etude
Staff
40. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Progression
Form
System
Quartet
41. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Classical
Grazioso
Development
Symphony
42. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Choir
Castrato
Sequence
Timbre
43. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Legato
Introduction
Elegy
Counterpoint
44. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Partial
Parody
Vivace
Operetta
45. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Romantic
Suite
Castrato
Choir
46. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Polyphony
Libretto
Stretto
Nocturne
47. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Interval
A cappella
Partial
Libretto
48. The first violin in an orchestra.
Chromatic scale
Concert master
Classicism
Oratorio
49. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Legato
Maestro
Cadenza
Part
50. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Prelude
Orchestration
Recapitulation
Scale